Cristina Calvo
I started this project moved by the need to explore and understand a personal situation. In 2012, I received a diagnosis of remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis. The unpredictability of this disease and the fear of an uncertain future submerged me into a mental state of disbelief and denial. I felt I was immediately thrust into a state of otherness, fragmenting my identity and causing me to be misunderstood and excluded socially. I needed to understand my conflicting feelings about the situation and to cope with my anxiety and frustration, and so I sought to inform my introspection by studying the creative work of others who had undergone a similar transition. The work is composed of 2 pieces. The video piece, A Disappointed Woman, presents a visual allegory my experience of MS. The Journal of A Disappointed Woman narrates the process accepting my situation through my intimate thoughts and reflections on relevant literature.
Sara Bertolasi • Jane Bradford • Cristina Calvo • Natalie De La Mare • Martin Dixon • Bob Marsden • Donna Lamarr McKeown • Hilary Rock • Valérie Sieyes • Christina Stohn •
Barking and Dagenham College
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Batley School of Art, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
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Blackpool and the Fylde College
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University of Bolton
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Arts University Bournemouth
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Canterbury Christ Church University
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University of Derby
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Dublin Institute of Technology
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Edinburgh College of Art
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Edinburgh Napier University
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Falmouth University
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University for the Creative Arts, Farnham
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Glasgow School of Art
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City of Glasgow College
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Harrogate School of Art and Design
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Hereford College of Arts
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University of Huddersfield
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University of Central Lancashire
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Leeds College of Art
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London South Bank University
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Manchester School of Art
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The National College of Art and Design
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University of South Wales, Newport
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University of South Wales, Newport
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Norwich University of the Arts
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Nottingham Trent University
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Open College of the Arts
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Plymouth University
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University of Portsmouth
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UCA Rochester
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Sheffield Hallam University
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Southampton Solent University
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University of Ulster
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University of the West of England
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